www.bbr.com
A comprehensive selection including tastings, Dinners and a Wine School held in their magnificent 300-year-old vaulted cellars. They offer a wide range of courses for the novice and more experienced customer. Please see website for more details.
Bottle Apostle
95 Lauriston Road
Victoria Park Village
London E9 7HJ
Tel: 020 8985 1549
www.bottleapostle.com
Wine shop which holds weekly tasting events on the premises which aim to educate and entertain. Please see website for details of individual events, including Champagne tasting and cheese and wine amongst others. Also a great way to meet your neighbours.
Islington
London N1 8DE
Tel: 020 7837 5040
www.thecharleslambpub.com
Very friendly local pub. The monthly Charles Lamb Supper Club is a very sociable evening, with great food and wine.
Christie’s Wine Courses
153 Great Tichfield Street
London W1W 5BD
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7665 435
www.christieseducation.com
This 5 week Wine Course introduces you to wines from all over the world, investigating region and climate, grape variety and the influence of the winemaker over the finished product.
Decanter Wine Website
A very thorough list of wine courses all over the UK, Europe, US and the rest of the World. If you wish to take wine courses by correspondence, you will find these here too. Also at Decanter is a list of Wine Clubs and Wine Societies
Always worth a look is the how to taste wine section. You can also download their free guide to hosting a wine tasting.
Divertimenti
Tel: 020 7486 8020
www.divertimenti.co.uk
Has cookery and wine events in Marylebone, Brompton and Cambridge.
Tel: 020 8534 2313
Local pub in Stratford (East London, not upon Avon) with great wine list and robust food. They also hold wine tastings, please contact them directly.
Fine Wine Merchant who organise tastings, events and dinners throughout the year. For further information, please telephone their events tickets line on 0845 330 1855 or e-mail: events@laywheeler.com
The London Wine Academy
There are Wine and Food courses and tastings held at various locations in London and also in Maidenhead. Courses last 6 weeks. See website for more details http://www.londonwineacademy.com/wine-courses.asp
Sotheby’s
Grosvenor Galleries
Bloomfield Place (off New Bond Street)
London W1X 9HX
www.sothebys.com
They offer 2 courses, the Varietal and the Regional . The Varietal Course explores different grape varieties and the Regional features major wine making areas. For more information please contact Alexandra.Floyd@sothebys.com or http://www.sothebys.com/liveauctions/sneak/article/la_winecourse.html.
Theatre of Wine
75 Trafalgar Road
London SE10 9TS
Tel: 020 8858 6363
For full information see http://theatreofwine.com/tastings/index.htm.
E-mail Tastings@TheatreofWine.com
7 St. John Street
London EC1M 4AA
Tel: 020 7253 8786
www.vinoteca.co.uk
Introduction to Wine, by Tim Aktins runs for 6 weeks. This is held in Vinteca’s Private Room and is followed by a selection of seasonal food and the wines from the tasting. There is also an intermediate course and more recently they have a wine shop. For more details please go to http://www.vinoteca.co.uk/events-timatkinwineschool.htm.